Archive for August, 2012
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Dignity Health Deal to Purchase U.S. Healthworks Closed
U.S. Healthworks has been acquired by Dignity Health (previously Catholic Healthcare West). U.S. Healthworks operates 170 primarily occ med centers in 15 states but has recently indicated it is interested in providing on-site clinic services (although their Web site doesn't have a clear option f...
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ABIM and “Choosing Wisely”
This post will have a follow-up in our next newsletter, to provide more extensive commentary. And, we are delinquent in not picking up on this sooner, the announcement was made last April. The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation has established the "Choosing Wisely" web site. Per ...
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Funding for AHRQ in Jeopardy
Actions taken recently at the Congressional level at first were stunning to us, but as we thought about it and complete lack of responsibility the Congress has taken over the last few years, it seemed par for the course. As all of you are aware by now, the House of Representatives appropriations b...
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Towers Watson Onsite Clinic 2012 Survey
Towers Watson recently released the results of their 2012 survey of employers who already have, or are planning to add, an onsite clinic for employees. Perhaps somewhat of a surprise, the number one reason the respondents gave for having an onsite clinic is to "Enhance worker productivity." Se...
